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    SplashPress Media / GeeksBlog Plagiarism

    Well, I gave them a chance. They have completely ignored me. So here I am once more, asking for your help to spread the word about plagiarism. This post on their GeeksBlog website is using one of my dad’s copyrighted images, without the courtesy of giving him credit or even so much as a linkback [...]

    Plagiarism Saga Concluded

    Amidst much continued protesting of “we didn’t know” and “it didn’t say it was copyrighted” and “everybody else does it,” (not to mention the references to how “rude” my friends and I were for complaining — stealing people’s work is what’s rude!) and “we don’t make any profit” when there are ads all over the [...]

    Plagiarism Update

    The flurry of e-mails (thank you!) generated by my previous message about WackyWits.com’s use of one of my dad’s original cartoons finally prompted a response:
    We have had an e-mail from your daughter re a page done a long while ago. She has said we used one of your pictures. This picture was freely available on [...]

    Help Me Fight Plagiarism

    This Sandi V. woman runs a for-profit humor website called “WackyWits.com,” and a Yahoo! mailing list called “Thingos.” On her site, she has a six-paragraph page about copyright infringement, with numerous links to the US Copyright code. Yet this image, which she claims ownership of, contains an original cartoon that my dad created, which was [...]